Parallel JOB 16:6

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BSB  ⇔ Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved,
⇔ and if I hold back, how will it go away?

OEB To speak is no check to my pain;
⇔ To keep silence – that easeth me nothing.

WEB  ⇔ “Though I speak, my grief is not subsided.
⇔ Though I forbear, what am I eased?

NET “But if I speak, my pain is not relieved,
 ⇔ and if I refrain from speaking
 ⇔ – how much of it goes away?

LSV If I speak, my pain is not restrained,
And I cease—what goes from me?

FBV For me, if I speak it doesn't ease my pain, and if I don't speak the pain is still there.

T4T  ⇔ “But now, if I talk, my pain does not decrease,
⇔ and if I am silent, my pain still certainly does not [RHQ] go away.

LEB  •  and if I cease, how much will leave me?

BBE If I say what is in my mind, my pain becomes no less: and if I keep quiet, how much of it goes from me?

MOF No MOF JOB book available

JPS Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?

ASV  ⇔ Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged;
 ⇔ And though I forbear, what am I eased?

DRA I would strengthen you with my mouth, and would move my lips, as sparing you.

YLT If I speak, my pain is not restrained, And I cease — what goeth from me?

DBY If I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and if I forbear, what am I eased?

RV Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

WBS Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

KJB Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?[fn]
  (Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?)

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BB For all my wordes my sorowe wyll not ceasse: And though I holde my tongue, what am I eased?
  (For all my words my sorowe will not ceasse: And though I hold my tongue, what am I eased?)

GNV Though I speake, my sorow can not be asswaged: though I cease, what release haue I?
  (Though I speak, my sorow cannot be asswaged: though I cease, what release have I? )

CB But what shall I do? For all my wordes, my sorow wil not ceasse: and though I holde my toge, yet wil it not departe fro me.
  (But what shall I do? For all my words, my sorow will not ceasse: and though I hold my toge, yet will it not depart from me.)

WYC Y wolde make you stronge bi my mouth, and Y wolde moue lippis as sparynge you.
  (I would make you stronge by my mouth, and I would move lippis as sparynge you.)

LUT Aber wenn ich schon rede, so schonet mein der Schmerz nicht; lasse ich‘s anstehen, so gehet er nicht von mir.
  (But when I schon rede, so schonet my the Schmerz nicht; let ich‘s anstehen, so gehet he not from mir.)

CLV roborarem vos ore meo, et moverem labia mea, quasi parcens vobis.[fn]
  (roborarem vos ore meo, and moverem labia mea, as_if parcens vobis.)

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BRN For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: and if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less?

BrLXX Ἐὰν γὰρ λαλήσω, οὐκ ἀλγήσω τὸ τραῦμα· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ σιωπήσω, τί ἔλαττον τρωθήσομαι;
  (Ean gar lalaʸsō, ouk algaʸsō to trauma; ean de kai siōpaʸsō, ti elatton trōthaʸsomai? )